PRESS RELEASE
October 07, 2020
Wyoming County Health Department Public Health
Administrator, Laura Paolucci, offered the following statement yesterday
afternoon:
COVID-19 cases are increasing in Wyoming County and
community transmission is occurring. With weather changing, gatherings are
moving indoors where it may be more difficult to maintain social distance. Fall
is the beginning of traditional cold and flu season and the Wyoming County
Health Department is reminding everyone to maintain social distance, wear a
face covering, practice good hand hygiene and stay away from sick people. Not
everyone with a COVID-19 infection has serious symptoms – but they are still contagious
and pose a risk of infection to others who may be more vulnerable to serious
illness.
If you are sick, do not be around other people – at work,
school, in the community or socially. Contact your healthcare provider if you
are experiencing new or worsening symptoms consistent with COVID-19 infection. Every
positive reported case of COVID-19 is placed under isolation and has a case
investigation conducted by nursing staff at the Wyoming County Health
Department. During the case investigation, the patient will be required to
identify all close contacts they had during the period beginning 48 hours
before they developed symptoms. For positive cases without symptoms, they must
identify close contacts they had beginning 48 hours before their COVID-19 test.
Close contacts will also be contacted by Health Department representatives to determine
the extent of COVID-19 exposure and may be placed under quarantine for up to 14
days to slow the spread of COVID-19 in Wyoming County.
If you have recently returned from travel to states that
have a significant degree of community-wide spread of COVID-19, you are
required to register with NYS as a traveler and will be subject to a 14-day
precautionary quarantine period. These measures are important to reduce the
spread of illness in our communities.
Wyoming County Board of Supervisors Chairwoman, Rebecca J.
Ryan, reports, as of earlier today, Wednesday, October 7th, the Wyoming County
Health Department reports one hundred forty-seven (147) lab confirmed positive
cases of COVID-19 among Wyoming County residents. This is an increase of one
(1) from the last reported increase on Tuesday, October 06, 2020.
If you would like information on how to get tested in
Wyoming County please click on the following link:
